Random,pointless,useless yet some interesting facts.

[JDog]

The theme song for my life is "Random I Am" by Millencolin. I hold a PhD in useless facts and information. I thought I might like to share my top 10 with ya'll.


1.The island of Hispanola is actually split in half and home of 2 countries ,The Dominican Republic on the west and Haiti on the east.

2.There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

3.There is a theoretic temperature called Absolute Zero(-460degrees F) which if attained would stop all movement of matter and render the object invisible.

4.The town of Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey is the only town in America to have 2 dashes in its name.

5.There are no clocks in any casinos in Las Vegas

6.Chicago is home to the worlds only drive-thru Post Office.

7.The island of Malta,home to 400,000 people is only 24 square miles, roughly twice the size of D.C

8.Googles server farm has an estimated 5.6 Petabytes of data storage(A petabyte is 10 to the 16th power)

9.Australia is the only nation in the world which eats the 2 animals on its official Coat of Arms,the emu and the kangaroo.These 2 animals were chosen because they cannot walk backwards, only forward.

10.My personal favorite.

A pig's orgasm can last up to 30 minutes.

[Mikekoz13]

A pig's orgasm can last up to 30 minutes.

 SNORT! SNORT!

[Tyler]

Did you know that dogs and bees can smell fear?

[wpruitt]

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.

The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.

[Timmay]

I will have to correct your #1...sorry JDog...but Haiti is on the West...not the east side of the island....

[baldking]

5.There are no clocks in any casinos in Las Vegas

Only if Flava Flav is in the building

[GASlick]

Georgia is the largest state East of the Mississippi.

[JDog]

I will have to correct your #1...sorry JDog...but Haiti is on the West...not the east side of the island....

Tim touche brother thanks for pointing that out!

[Timmay]

The Coca Cola bottle and design was created in Terre Haute Indiana...

[Rafter]

The Coca Cola bottle and design was created in Terre Haute Indiana...

That's not true. Fibbing again Timmmay. 
Everyone knows it was created in Atlanta, Georgia.

Come on down to the World of Coca Cola and see for yourself.

[Timmay]

Rafter....just because you are from Georgia..doesnt mean you know everything...check this out......

Chapman J. Root moved to Terre Haute in 1900, opening a glass company incorporated on May 27, 1901, as Root Glass Works.

His company was bottling Coca-Cola by 1904. Root's company would, however, change the worldwide image of Coke bottles in 1916.

His company's bottle was selected from among 11 designs in a national competition. The bottle, designed after the image of a cocoa tree pod, was patented Nov. 16, 1915.
-- The Coca-Cola bottle is one of the most recognized icons in the world. The bottle was patented in 1915, but it wasn't until 1977 that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recognized the contour bottle as a trademark, an honor awarded few other packages.




http://specials.tribstar.com/terrehautestop40/stories/coke.html

[PBurke]

score one for timmy!           

[tomgallagher]

Wow, talk about random, pointless and useless.

[JDog]

Wow, talk about random, pointless and useless.

That was the whole point of the thread Tom.

[nomad]

Rafter....just because you are from Georgia..doesnt mean you know everything...check this out......

Chapman J. Root moved to Terre Haute in 1900, opening a glass company incorporated on May 27, 1901, as Root Glass Works.

His company was bottling Coca-Cola by 1904. Root's company would, however, change the worldwide image of Coke bottles in 1916.

His company's bottle was selected from among 11 designs in a national competition. The bottle, designed after the image of a cocoa tree pod, was patented Nov. 16, 1915.
-- The Coca-Cola bottle is one of the most recognized icons in the world. The bottle was patented in 1915, but it wasn't until 1977 that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recognized the contour bottle as a trademark, an honor awarded few other packages.




http://specials.tribstar.com/terrehautestop40/stories/coke.html

Dam some one did there homework